Beginning As a high school band director, I have taught in minority communities with students of low socioeconomic status. Poverty,…
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Low SES/Title 1 Schools
Creating Positive, Peer-Led Section Rehearsal Attendance Accountability in a low-SES school
If you have read my previous article on strategies to increase student attendance for before and after school events, then…
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How We Helped 98% of Our Title One Students Stay Eligible
If you’re reading this post, you probably teach in a Title One system and understand the challenges. Most of our…
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Improving Section Rehearsal & Concert Attendance at a Title One School
In my years of teaching in Title One Schools with a high range of diversity, I have found one of…
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Teaching With Poverty in Mind
If you have students living in poverty – and there are many different types of poverty (see below) – this is…
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So I Teach at a Low SES School…Language and Delivery.
After working with students in low socioeconomic schools for 16 years, I have found that the label “low-SES” is very…
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